Donna Karan Wears a Fanny Pack and Wants Us to Wear Fanny Packs Too

Remember the post about Rihanna’s Louis Vuitton fanny pack? To refresh your memory, here’s a picture of Rihanna with that fanny pack again:

It is Lous Vuitton, but it’s still a fanny pack. A double fanny pack. With a fringe tassel.

As unlikeable a fanny pack is, it’s starting to look like Marc Jacobs isn’t the only thinking that fanny packs are a-okay fashion-wise. Designer Donna Karan was also seen wearing one of her own, at her own Fall 2009 fashion show no less:

Designer Donna Karan and model-actress Mila Jovovich

During her last interview with FIT’s Valerie Steele, she was also quoted as saying she doesn’t understand why people choose to use handbags when we could all wear comfortable belt bags with pockets. Like the one she’s wearing in the picture.

Maybe it’s easier to adapt this fashion if fanny packs – I mean, belt bags – were as chic and stylish as Donna Karan’s, but when Louis Vuitton and other brands come out with fringe fanny packs like these …

Fringe fanny packs galore

… Donna Karan would totally see why we’re all still sticking with oh so uncomfortable handbags.

Besides, if we wanted something small and falls at the waist, we could always go for hip purses and mini crossbody bags like these (which also don’t look foolish even when fringed):

Madewell Mini Fringe Cross Body Bag

Botkier Howard St Cross Body Bag

Charlie My Love Mini Studded Cheyenne Bag

Rebecca Minkoff Lovespell Rocker Bag

These mini hip bags are better than fanny packs, yes? As long as these bags look cooler than fanny packs, we’ll be staying away from what Donna Karan calls “belt bags”.

Purchase the featured bags through Shopbop.com.